CHENNAI: Targeting the Tamil Nadu govt over deteriorating law and order, DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi and AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran pulled up chief minister C Joseph Vijay for putting the launch of the ‘Singapen striking force’ on the backburner. The special force was originally scheduled to be inaugurated on Friday.Slamming the TVK-led administration over…
Jaipur: A prolonged lull in southwest monsoon activity has pushed temperatures up across Rajasthan, bringing back hot and humid conditions after the initial spell of rain earlier this month. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has, however, forecast a revival of monsoon activity from July 21, with rainfall expected to intensify across eastern and southern Rajasthan…
Haryana cabinet approves new rules: No petrol, diesel vehicles for cab aggregators in NCR CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Cabinet, on Monday, approved the rules for grant of aggregator licences. Under this, all vehicles inducted in the fleet of aggregators, delivery service providers and e-commerce entities in NCR areas will mandatorily be CNG, electric vehicles (EVs), battery-operated…
NEW DELHI: Do you remember the feeling of sitting your Class 10 board exam? Very few don’t feel butterflies in their stomach beforehand. For India’s 98th Grandmaster (GM) Aswath S, the board exam meant putting the chessboard, his lifelong companion, aside for four months, from the start of the year until April, for the sake…
Adrian Dunbar reveals the real reason as to why ‘Line of Duty’ season 7 filming was halted. Trigger warning: This article mentions sensitive and political topics. Reader’s discretion is advised.Actor Adrian Dunbar, who leads the hit English sitcom ‘Line of Duty’, recently confirmed that filming for the latest season has been halted. The star revealed…
Ahmedabad: Amdavadis handed BJP its fifth consecutive victory in the city’s municipal corporation election on Tuesday. The party swept 160 of 192 seats across 48 wards, the same tally it posted in 2021. Two of those seats, in Thaltej and Vasna wards, required no contest at all.Congress, which fielded candidates in all 192 seats before…
Hantavirus scare: All you need to know about Atlantic cruise ship outbreak that killed 3 Health organizations are still examining an alleged outbreak of hantavirus on board the MV Hondius cruise liner in the Atlantic Ocean due to a number of passengers contracting the disease while the ship sailed between Argentina and Cape Verde. There…
S Keerthana, State minister for industries, investment promotion and commerce Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s ambitions to become India’s pre-eminent automotive manufacturing state are steadily extending beyond Chennai. Apollo Tyres, one of the country’s largest tyre makers, is exploring the establishment of a new greenfield manufacturing facility in the State, in addition to its existing unit at…
Police said as many as 10,000 protesters had gathered at the site through the day. (Image Credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: As protesters stood their ground at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday, they clashed thrice with cops — 4.30pm, 8.30pm and 9pm — leaving 4-5 cops, including two ACPs, injured, police claimed.Police said as many as 10,000…
Srishti LakhotiaKolkata: Calcutta High Court on Sunday upheld the demolition of the fourth floor of a building under Howrah Municipal Corporation, while observing that flat buyers cannot claim that unauthorized construction be regularized purely on the basis that they ‘invested’ on the unauthorized floor.Owners of one flat on the top floor of the building moved…
